Psalms 113:9

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“He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!”

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Read Psalms 113:9 in the flow of Psalms113 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Psalms113 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to bea joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 113:9 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 21:5Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
  2. Genesis 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
  3. Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
  4. Numbers 5:28But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.
  5. 1 Samuel 2:5The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
  6. 2 Kings 4:17But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
  7. Psalms 68:6God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
  8. Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
  9. Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
  10. Galatians 4:27For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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